Category Archives: Continuous improvement

Night vision specialist sets its sights on more sales and jobs

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

A manufacturer whose speciality is helping people who need to see in the dark has set its sights on transforming the business by doubling turnover and creating new jobs with the launch of its latest innovation. NiteSite has developed the … Continue reading →

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MAS helps protect fishy business

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Some timely help with vital form-filling and the introduction of six sigma has enabled a small manufacturing business to fish in a global-size pond. Seneye, a micro-business employing just four people just outside Norwich in Norfolk,  successfully developed a product … Continue reading →

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Supply chain award boosts Hermitage

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

Hitchin manufacturer Hermitage Sheet Metal boasts that it has become one of the smallest engineering companies in the UK to secure a silver World Class Supply Chains for the 21st Century Award (SC21). With assistance from the Manufacturing Advisory Service … Continue reading →

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Mec Com heads for record with lean manufacturing and new plant

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

Mec Com – a new recruit to the Midlands Assembly Network (MAN) sub contracting collective – says that a combination of investment and lean process training has put it on course for a record year. The Staffordshire-based  fabrication, light assembly, … Continue reading →

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Rexam savings underpinned by lean manufacturing

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

The global consumer packaging company and former Best Factory Award winner, Rexam, claims that the application of lean manufacturing and six sigma made a significant contribution towards £26m in savings last year. Reporting on the beverage can manufacturer’s performance, chief … Continue reading →

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Britain’s best factories share their formula for success

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

The winners of the 2012 Best Factory Awards will reunite at the Best Factory Conference in Kenilworth next month (19-20 March), to share with others in the industry how they transformed their factories into showcases of lean excellence with empowered … Continue reading →

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MAS puts up 10-point plan to make 2013 ‘year of action’

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) is urging English manufacturers to “go for growth” in 2013 and has released a ten-point action plan which it claims will help them become more efficient, reduce waste and increase sales. The government-funded business support … Continue reading →

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Architect improves manufacturing workflow and productivity

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

An architectural practice that has landed five manufacturing sector contracts and has two more in the pipeline says that manufacturers are increasingly looking to maximise the performance of their factories by utilising space and workflow better. Johnson Design Partnership (JDP), … Continue reading →

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GSK announces ‘major change programme’

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced that its existing operational excellence programme is to be supplemented by “a new major change programme”.  The new £1.5bn programme will continue to focus on simplifying GSK’s supply chain, and on “building the Group’s … Continue reading →

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MRP helps Rega pump up the volume

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

With turnover having grown by 50%, the hi-fi equipment manufacturer Rega Research is implementing a material resource planning (MRP) system to help it deal more efficiently with orders. Company accountant John Tozer (pictured) said Rega had previously relied on spreadsheets … Continue reading →

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